Support for wash-tubs



(No Model.)

0. GREELEY.

SUPPORT FOR WASH TUBS.

Patented Oct. 22, 1889.

emon,

ORRIN GREELEY, OF OJVATONNA, MINNESOTA.

SUPPORT FOR WASH-TUBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,181, dated October 22, 1889. Application filed May 11, 1888. Serial No, 278,605 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRIN GREELEY,a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Owatonna, in the county of Steele and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Vash- Tubs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in supports for washtubs; and it has for its object to provide a tub-supporting stool which shall possess the merit of great strength and durability, and at the same time will be both simple and cheap in construction, and which,when for any reason it may be considered desirable, may be readily taken apart and stored within a very limited space.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may relate the same consists in the peculiar combinations and in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then particularly defined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the let ters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a washtub support constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the casting forming the body of the stand, with the legs and tub-supportin g arms removed.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter,A represents the body of the tub-support, which is preferably made of iron or other metal, and is in the form of a single casting.

B B are ribs or extensions upon opposite sides of the body A, each of which ribs is provided at both its upper and lower end with an outwardly-cxtended hopper-shaped portion C O.

D D are the legs of the support, which are fitted within. suitable inclined openings a in the lower face of the portion 0 of the ribs, as shown.

E. E are the tub-supporting arms, which are in all respects similar to the legs D, excepting that they are preferably provided upon their inner faces with notches Z) b, which afford a secure rest for the tub, and the arms are fitted within inclined openings or slots a, formed in the upper ends of the portions 0 of the ribs.

The body or casting A is made hollow, and the sockets for receiving the legs and arms are extended to the interior of the casting, so that when the legs and arms are secured in place the inner end of each arm will bear directly against the inner end of the leg upon the same side.

' While I have shown a tub-support pro vided with four arms and the same number of legs, I do not wish to be limited to this number, as it is evident that a greater or less number may be used by slightly modifying the form of the casting so as to accommodate the number desired.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is--- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the body for a tub-support herein shown and described, consisting of a metal casting formed with the upper and lower ribs extending diametrically oppositely from the center and formed with the inclined openings extending through from the upper to the opposite lower rib and through the same, substantially as shown and'described.

2. The combination of the casting A, formed with the upper and lower ribs extending diametrically in opposite directions from the center, and said ribs formed with the inclined openings extending through the casting from one upper rib to the opposite lower rib, the inclined legs in the openings in the lower ribs, with their ends abutting within the casting, and the tub-supports E,wit-h their lower ends in the openings in the upper ribs, with their ends abutting against the upper ends of the legs, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORRIN GREELEY.

Witnesses:

J. NEWSALT, T. H. KELLY, 

